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Prototyphis gracilis
Shell of Prototyphis gracilis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Prototyphis
Species:	P. gracilis
Binomial name
Prototyphis gracilis Houart & Héros, 2008

Prototyphis gracilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

Houart, R. & Héros, V. (2008). Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 196: 437-480. (look up in IMIS)

The length of the shell attains 23.5 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Fiji Islands.

References

1. Prototyphis gracilis Houart & Héros, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
2. "Prototyphis gracilis". Conchology.
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Prototyphis gracilis Houart & Héros, 2008". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 27 October 2024.

• Houart, R.; Héros, V. (2008). Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 437-480
• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp

External links

• Houart, R.; Héros, V. (2012). New species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) and additional or noteworthy records from the western Pacific. Zoosystema. 34(1), 21-37

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